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English 16 Public

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‘Where do you live?’ -> He wanted _____

He wanted to know where I lived.

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‘You absolutely cannot go out until your room is spotless.’ -> His mother told______

His mother told him that he absolutely could not go out until his room was spotless.

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‘Do you think I have any chance of getting the job?’ -> He wondered _____

He wondered if/whether he had any chance of getting the job.

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‘Did your company launch a new product last week?’ -? He asked me____

He asked me if/whether my company had launched the product the week before/ the previous week.

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‘Will you be seeing him at the office party this evening?’ -> He asked____

He asked me if/whether I would be seeing him at the office party that evening.

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‘I plan on going on holiday for two weeks this November.’ -> He said___

He said (that) he planned on going on holiday for two weeks that November.

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‘I was walking through the park yesterday when I saw an old friend I hadn’t seen in years.’ -> He said he ____

He said he had been walking through the park the previous day/the day before when he saw an old friend he hadn't seen in years.

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‘Could you possibly help me fill out this application?’ -> He asked me____

He asked me if I could possibly help him fill out the / that application.

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‘I’m going to finish the weekly report,’ Jack said.

Jack said (that) he was going to finish the weekly report.

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‘Your backpack is here on the table,’ Dad told me.

Dad told me (that) my backpack was there on the table.

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‘The manager left an hour ago,’ the secretary said.

The secretary said (that) the manager had left an hour before.

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‘What time did your flight arrive?’ Jerry asked.

Jerry asked me / us what time my / our flight had arrived.

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‘Can you work late tonight?’ she asked.

She asked if I / we could work late that night.

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‘Was the hike in the mountains very tiring?’ Ann asked.

Ann asked if the hike in the mountains had been very tiring.

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‘Why did you take the job?’ Mike asked.

Mike asked me why I had taken the job.

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‘This is the key to your new office,’ Mr Peters said.

Mr Peters said (that) that was the key to my new office.

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